31.   The reclusiveness of Cormac McCarthy, the reigning local literary celebrity, is a bit of an exasperation to many of his colleagues.

32.   They moved to Baltimore last year to escape their local celebrity.

33.   They were local celebrities, with some games broadcast on radio and the championship game on national television.

34.   Track stars Mary Decker Slaney and Alberto Salazar, both residents, are local celebrities much as football players would be in a Southern college town.

35.   To raise money for charity, artists and local celebrities had crafted dioramas around the Microsoft computer mouse.

36.   Van Gundy became something of a local celebrity in his native West Virginia after he greeted his win by thrusting his arms in the air and weeping.

37.   Walt Chauner is one local celebrity worth getting to know.

38.   When he saw Chief Illiniwek used as a local celebrity to cut ribbons at mall openings and new businesses or to greet visiting celebrities, he became incensed.

39.   With his private jet, the Stanley name and a position as the largest employer in South Texas, Billy was something of a local celebrity.

40.   Bolshakov regretted that no nearby taxidermist was skilled enough to have Kolya -- a local celebrity -- stuffed for display.